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1. Wild Wooders - The Wind In The Willows (Full Company) 

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1. Wild Wooders - The Wind In The Willows (Full Company) 

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traxVault Backing Tracks - (c) hpStudios

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Backing Track

Higher Key (+4 Semitones)

Starting Note C rather than Ab.

6 bar introduction.

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Musicals4U2singNew - Money Karaoke / Instrumental Cabaret

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Duet number done as an ensemble number

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Cabaret | "Money" Musical Number | Warner Bros. Entertainment

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The Wild Wooders | The Wind In The Willows

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G17 Assignment Brief Musical Theatre 2024 - 2025

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traxVault Backing Tracks - (c) hpStudios

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Reitour - I want to increase my knowledge of songs and learn more for auditions. To achieve this I will research songs and

Flexibility - I want to increase my flexibility so that I can have more control during my dancing and so I am capable of more tricks. I am going to do weekly stretching sessions with regular check ins

Dance reps - I want to be able to pick up choreography faster and characterise my dancing faster so I can make my choices purposeful. To do this I am going to learn a new dance rep every 2 weeks

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Breath control. Learning where to pause when singing and doing choreography at the same time and include facial expressions.

It helps to sound and move better if you plan where to breathe.

To exercise, you could hum while jogging on the spot.

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What targets:

Harmony skills

This skill is important in the industry because if you’re ever doing group work you’ll have to add harmonies and get put into set groups. It’s also good to have this skill so whenever you need to work in a group doing harmonies you can do it and not have to worry about not knowing what set group of harmonies you’re in.

Characterisation

This skill is important in the industry because every show you do you’ll need to be in character and show your characters emotion. It’s good to have the skill as-well because you don’t have to worry about not being able to use characterisation.

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-breath control: dancing and singing require breath control and stamina. By this, I could do excerise while singing so I can practice the song in the same conditions as I would be in on stage

-characterisation: accents, gate, etc: to help portray a character better. Research the character.

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Who are the composers?

The musical was written written by George stiles and Anthony Drewe. Julian Fellowes had written the book (“script”). It is based from a novel with the same name written by Kenneth Grahame

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- characterization

Why? - Characters in musicals go through through experiences, challenges, and transformations, characters allow the audience to empathize and form an emotional connection with the story.

How ?- Do deep research into characters, Pick out key parts in songs/scripts to analyze an question why they say/do this so you can feel more connected to the character.

Objective and Obstacle: Identify each character’s main objective in a scene or the entire play. What do they want? Then, determine what obstacles stand in their way. This can help actors understand their character's driving force and how they react to challenges.

Physicality and Mannerisms: Develop distinct physical traits and mannerisms for each character. Consider how they walk, sit, gesture, and express emotions. Practice these traits until they become second nature.

Voice and Speech: Explore different vocal qualities for your characters. Experiment with tone, pitch, pace, and accents to find a unique voice for each one. Practice delivering lines with these variations.

Vocal Range expansion

how ? - different singing exercises, changing lifestyle , cutting out different drinks.

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Improve my dancing skills -

Why?

So I look slightly more coherent in dance pieces and less messy, also because dance is a big part of musical theatre and I need to get better in general.

how can i do this?

I could improve by practicing in my own times, and watching tutorials, and try to memorise them and see how well I do

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Accents + singing higher

So I can play more characters and have access to a wider variety of roles

Practise accents, singing exercises to push my vocal range, higher songs

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Vocal flexibility - I would like to feel more comfortable in my higher range, and be able to reach higher belts as I believe it will open up more opportunities for me and broaden my range of characters I could play as well as aid my repertoire as well as improve with things such as riffs and more advanced vocal technique.

Flexibility/ dance technique- I want to focus in more detail from my last development plan on characterisation whilst dancing and relate it to my musical character as gaining a skill like this will enhance opportunities and differ my abilities from others. I also want to be able to do more advanced tricks with flexibility and be able to improve my back flexibility for different tumbles.

How?- vocal exercises and warm ups, improve confidence by singing in front of others, working on scales.

Flexibility- stretches, exercises, watching myself in the mirror whilst dancing, carrying out different kicks and attempting different tricks. Leg exercises to gain height for tricks such as calypsos.

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- dance skills

why? Dance skills are important to have/ improve on to ultimately become a more able performer within the industry. Personally i think i would become a much more confident performer if i improve within dance.

how ? I can improve on this by practicing daily and doing exercises to improve flexibility e.g dynamic stretches (leg swings). I could also attend dance classes to help improvement and to track progress.

-breath control

why? Having stable breath control allows me to have both a powerful and loud voice aswell as a clear soft sound. This makes the performer appeal at ease to the audience

how? To improve on my breath control i will do certain exercises daily. These exercises consist of vocal sirens, lip trilling, belly breathing, straw breathing ect..

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the first target I have chose is to learn choreography. I chose this because we are doing a style of dance I have never really explored before so it might take me longer to learn the choreography. This will help me in the industry as it will get me used to picking up choreography at a faster pace which is to be expected in the professional world.

my second target is learning lyrics. this target will be presented in Musical. I have chosen this target as I am not yet sure what character I am going to play but learning lyrics is crucial to a performance.

my final target will be continuing on from development plan 1 as it is to work on my flexibility. this is a personal target so wont be shown in a performance. it will help me when auditioning for drama schools as it gives me more of a flow when dancing and choreographing.

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Flexibility- I chose this target to improve my dance technique with exercises such as leaps and kicks. I will do leg flexibility exercises weekly to improve this.

Pickup speed- I chose this target to increase my speed with picking up choreography for learning dance routines. This will be useful for auditions for different unis. It also means I can focus more on performing the routine rather than focusing on the moves. To do this I will learn a new dance rep every two weeks.

Repertoire- I want to build up my repertoire for audition situations to have a wide variety of songs I can choose from. To do this I will learn a new song every week to fill up the empty spaces in my repertoire.

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Wild wooders:

Composers-George Stiles + Anthony Drewe (also wrote Mary Poppins + Honk!)

First written in 1983

Costumes help with time period + that they are animals

Dance style is commercial + jazz

Over-characterised movements

Money:

Composers: John Kander + Fred Ebb (also wrote Chicago)

First written in 1966

Costumes represent the cabaret club

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Vocal flexibility

I may play two very different characters in musical/ showcase and I would have to embody different attributes in my voice

some characters and musical would require legit singing whilst others would require more twang or thick folds.

It is important in the industry to be flexible especially when starting out so that there is a wider range of characters that I can be cast for

There are many vocal exercises that target improving mic belt, thin folds, vibrato e.t.c

Singing Stamina

The featured songs in our musical show case and in our musical contain dancing and lots of action during the songs therefore it is important to be able to sustain notes and practice good breath control to maintain a good balance with singing and dancing.

The industry has similar standards where is is expected that you are able to dance and sing and still deliver solid vocals. There are roles out there that would require me to do extensive dance routines and still sing

Beyoncé does an exercerise where she sings as she runs and this helps her prepare for her shows with a lot of dance performance aspects

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Wild Wooders - Wind In The Willows

The composers are George Stiles and Anthony Drewe and they have also written

And the book was written in 1908

The costume help set the scene by showing the audience what the cast are representing

The style of this dance is jazz/commercial

The vocal style of this piece is raucous pop style

Money - Cabaret

The composers are John Kander and Fred Ebb He has also written Chicago

and the musical was written in 1966

The costumes help set the scene by reflecting on the era and the style of dance

The style of this dance is fosse

The vocal style of this piece is varies all the way through

lily

lilly

amelia

caitlynn

katie

jorjie

mono

jay

ellie

holly

george

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I am going to sticking with the same targets

My first target is:

Maintaining a show face this is because i always look miserable when i am on stage so i want to make a change

My second target:

Challenging myself with dance this is because im not a dancer at all and so i want to carry on this target so i can get better before i go to uni

My 3rd target:

For my 3rd and final target im doing to do is breath control this is because i want to be able to one day be able to dance whilst singing

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Dresses with alternative shoe choices

e.g. Docs/Boots/Trainers

Shirts and trousers with alternative shoe choices

e.g. docs/books/trainers

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Wild Wooders - The Wind in the Willows Score

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Spring Awakening - Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) - Vocal Guide: Anna

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Spring Awakening - Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) - Vocal Guide: Thea

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Spring Awakening - Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) - Vocal Guide: Martha

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Spring Awakening - Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) - Vocal Guide: Ilse

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Spring Awakening - Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) - Vocal Guide: Wendla

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Top

Cat

Harriet

Elloise

Oliver

Middle

Liv

Maiya

Ryli

Emma

Bridie

Bottom

Celeste

Lew

Iz

Azira

Purple

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Reference track

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(page 90 for Money)

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Please add the YouTube links to your backing tracks for your chosen solo piece, under a heading with your name :)

Additional info; please add information relating to big set pieces you will use in your piece; e.g. tables/chairs etc.

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Anthem ... D+   Original Key ... from CHESS, the Musical ... Karaoke Piano with Lyrics

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Anthem ... D+   Original Key ... from CHESS, the Musical ... Karaoke Piano with Lyrics

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https://youtu.be/b9f54lyMx5E?si=yHDqDL4PDO4QLW_D

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“I Say No” from Heathers: The Musical - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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"Lifeboat" from Heathers: The Musical - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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Kenneth Grahame

Pagan Papers

1908

The costume and set help set the scene of it being a dangerous place full of dangerous people as its a dark foggy scene in some branches that don't have leaves. The costumes resemble the outfits of people who would have lived in the streets of Victorian London and committed crimes. The animals used in this scene are often thought to be untrustworthy tricksters.

The dance styles in this piece are jazz and commercial.

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No Way - KARAOKE (from "Six" Musical) | Sing Along w/ Back up Voices

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https://youtu.be/y1H2-lvNBjg?si=8NqJl8bf-WPxKDlh

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“Freeze Your Brain” from Heathers: The Musical - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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Anthem ... D+   Original Key ... from CHESS, the Musical ... Karaoke Piano with Lyrics

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Don't Rain on My Parade - Karaoke (Funny Girl)

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https://youtu.be/b9f54lyMx5E?si=Xjaf6ftqHVK7ujtk

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3. Don't Lose Your Head - Six (Caitlynn)

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3. Don't Lose Your Head - Six (Caitlynn)

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Don't Lose Your Head KARAOKE - Six Musical | Sing Along w/ Back Up Voices

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Don't Lose Your Head KARAOKE - Six Musical | Sing Along w/ Back Up Voices

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I'm Still Standing Instrumental Version (Without backing vocals)

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I'm Still Standing Instrumental Version (Without backing vocals)

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Below are 3 weeks worth of timetables explaining when you are expected to attend for the Showcase and where you will be given time back from the performances.

Please look at at all pages within the document.

Things to note:

Tuesday 25th March 1:15 - 16:30 - all MTs to watch Connections Home Performance

Tuesday 1st April 1:15 - 16:30 - NO SHOWCASE LESSON (Year 1 Must still attend maths/english in morning if you are retaking)

Year 1 - 19th March

No Singing or Dance.

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No Way - KARAOKE (from "Six" Musical) | Sing Along w/ Back up Voices

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No Way - KARAOKE (from "Six" Musical) | Sing Along w/ Back up Voices

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"Heart of Stone" (Lower/Stage Key) from Six: The Musical (E Major) - Karaoke Track with Lyrics

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"Heart of Stone" (Lower/Stage Key) from Six: The Musical (E Major) - Karaoke Track with Lyrics

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6. I'm Still Standing - Rocketman (Louis)

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6. I'm Still Standing - Rocketman (Louis)

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I'm Still Standing Instrumental Version (Without backing vocals)

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I'm Still Standing Instrumental Version (Without backing vocals)

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7. No One But You - We Will Rock You (Immi)

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7. No One But You - We Will Rock You (Immi)

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8. Lost in the Woods - Frozen II (Jorjie)

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8. Lost in the Woods - Frozen II (Jorjie)

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Frozen 2 - Lost In The Woods (Karaoke Version)

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Frozen 2 - Lost In The Woods (Karaoke Version)

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Home - Whitney Houston | Karaoke-Inst-MR | The Merv Griffin Show Version | by Norwegian Wood

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Home - Whitney Houston | Karaoke-Inst-MR | The Merv Griffin Show Version | by Norwegian Wood

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10. Smooth Criminal - MJ The Musical (Year 2 MT)

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10. Smooth Criminal - MJ The Musical (Year 2 MT)

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Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal [Immortal Version]

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Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal [Immortal Version]

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11. To Build a Home - The Cinematic Orchestra (Year 1 Dance Piece) 

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11. To Build a Home - The Cinematic Orchestra (Year 1 Dance Piece) 

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Gemma to cut track

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The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

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12. Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) - Spring Awakening (Year 2 MT)

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12. Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) - Spring Awakening (Year 2 MT)

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Mama Who Bore Me karaoke - Spring Awakening

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Mama Who Bore Me karaoke - Spring Awakening

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"Lifeboat" from Heathers: The Musical - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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"Lifeboat" from Heathers: The Musical - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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“I Say No” from Heathers: The Musical - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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“I Say No” from Heathers: The Musical - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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“Freeze Your Brain” from Heathers: The Musical - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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“Freeze Your Brain” from Heathers: The Musical - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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16. And You Don't Even Know It - Everybody's Talking About Jamie (George) 

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16. And You Don't Even Know It - Everybody's Talking About Jamie (George) 

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Need to download.

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Everybody's Talking About Jamie - And You Don't Even Know It - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

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17. Raise a Little Hell - Bonnie and Clyde (Mono) 

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17. Raise a Little Hell - Bonnie and Clyde (Mono) 

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18. Don't Rain On My Parade - Funny Girl (Holly) 

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18. Don't Rain On My Parade - Funny Girl (Holly) 

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Don't Rain on My Parade - Karaoke (Funny Girl)

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Don't Rain on My Parade - Karaoke (Funny Girl)

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"Maybe This Time" from Cabaret - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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"Maybe This Time" from Cabaret - Karaoke Track with Lyrics on Screen

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Musicals4U2singNew - Money Karaoke / Instrumental Cabaret

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All girls singing songs from Six would like hand held mics.

They can share the 2 we have between the 3 of them

Caitlynn - Don't Lose Your Head

Lauren - No Way

Lily T - Heart of Stone

Performances are back to back in the running order

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Tuesday 4th March (Showcase)

Wednesday 5th March (Singing)

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starting off the lesson with a vocal and physical warm up

go over key feedback from last week

start a run from the top with props and costumes (when available), entering and exiting the space as we would in the show etc. going through the interval and having break after

notes sessions for group numbers and solos

work through notes for group numbers then through solos - continue with this in Wednesday's 9am session